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date: 20 March 2025

dried-grape wines, 

Source:
The Oxford Companion to Wine
Author(s):
Simon LoftusSimon Loftus, Nicolas BelfrageNicolas Belfrage

varied and growing category of generally intense, complex, often sweet wines made from partially raisined grapes. The production technique, involving either leaving the grapes to raisin on the vine or picking and then drying them by various methods, is associated with most of the celebrated wines of antiquity. This early ...Grapes with maximum extract and sugars are required, which normally entails restricting yields. Such grapes may be picked either before, at, or after full ... ...

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